London: Parents could be putting their children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geotagged" by their camera, a study reveals. Geotagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media, including photographs. The tools are often built into camera and camera phones and either use the mobile networks or global positioning system (GPS) to pinpoint a given photo. Researcher Joanne Kuzma from the University...
12:15 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Rochester: Picture it: Save for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in a move that marks the end of an era for the beleaguered 132-year-old company. Founded by George Eastman in 1880, Kodak was known all over the world for iconic cameras such as the Brownie and...
10:46 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: For a generation that has learnt to articulate thoughts in 140 characters and knows its smartphones and tabs, e-textbooks are only the next step. But some infrastructure bottlenecks need to be taken care of before that education revolution takes place in India, experts say. Technology giant Apple recently launched an app for digital textbooks that saw an astronomical 350,000 downloads globally in the first three days. Educationists agree...
03:51 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: For the second time in a week, the CPI(M) is embroiled in a controversy in Kerala on portrayal of Jesus Christ with a picture resembling the Christ's "Last Supper" now providing the spark. The Congress slammed the CPI(M) on Sunday for the alleged action of its workers in bringing out a political version of the famous 'The Last Supper' painting of Leonardo Da Vinci with US President Barack Obama...
08:48 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Chennai: Vigilance officials on Wednesday conducted raids in the premises of former DMK minister NKKP Raja across Tamil Nadu in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The raids by officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption were in progress in Chennai and Erode districts, DVAC sources said. Raja is the latest among several DMK leaders and former Ministers besides MLAS to face police and DVAC action either on...
09:52 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie was forced to stay away from the Jaipur Literature Festival and his live video conference cancelled following protests by the Jaipur-based Milli Council. Several activists of the Milli Council arrived at the venue of the Festival at Diggi Palace demanding that the proposed video address by Rushdie be called off, claiming that it was an insult to the Muslims. Rushdie has faced repeated threats...
10:01 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Chicago: An Indian-origin woman, who was being held at a Chicago jail for allegedly failing to show up for jury duty, has died in custody after a 15-day hunger strike. Fifty two-year-old Lyvita Gomes, a former airline trainer for Delta Airlines, died in Lake County jail on January 3, according to the Chicago Tribune. Funeral arrangements for Gomes, which have now been fixed, were earlier delayed until her relatives arrived...
02:19 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Amsterdam: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make the Netherlands, where 1 million out of 17 million people are Muslim, the second European Union country to ban the burqa after France, and would apply to face-covering veils if they were worn in public. "People should be able to...
09:52 AM, Jan 28, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A twenty-member Israeli team including four children has visited Santhigiri ashram on Wednesday. For the elderly among the team, it was a nostalgic visit to the state as they were Malayalees by birth. It was 58 years back that these Jews had migrated to Israel along with their families as part of their decision to settle down in the promised land. Majority of them were visiting their birth place...
11:54 AM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar's name has not been recommended for the Bharat Ratna award. Sources have said that the BCCI did not send any names, not even Sachin's. They say that the Sports Ministry has recommended the names of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand and mountaineer Tenzing Norgay for India's highest civilian honour. The criteria for Bharat Ratna was recently broadened to include sports because of the huge demand. Infact,...
09:17 AM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: In view of complaints of corruption in the private sector, the government is considering bringing corporates under a proposed anti-graft law. Official sources said the chiefs of the Central Vigilance Commission, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate have been called in by a parliamentary standing committee next week to give their views in this regard. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and...
02:22 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Mumbai: Young children will soon be made champions of the fight against corruption if the Chief Vigilance Commission's new plan comes into effect. As corruption threatens to undermine the India story, the country's corruption watchdog, the CVC, is taking a long term view. Following the old adage of catching them young, the CVC now aims to make children anti-corruption champions. The CVC has written to all CBSE, ICSE schools asking...
10:43 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Kishwar Desai, author and wife of Indian-born British economist Meghnad Desai, has signed a three-book joint publishing deal with Simon & Schuster UK. Clare Hey, Senior Commissioning Editor at Simon & Schuster UK, bought the UK and Commonwealth and Indian rights in two new novels from Desai, whose debut, Witness the Night, won the Costa First Novel Award 2010. The deal also includes UK and Commonwealth rights for...
05:29 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Rejecting CPI(M) veteran VS Achuthanandan's contention that the vigilance case against him in a land allotment scam was a political conspiracy, the Congress in Kerala on Saturday said the preliminary probe in the matter revealed the true face of Achuthanandan. "His mask is off. He has always claimed himself to be a bold crusader against corruption. Now the preliminary probe by vigilance shows that he has committed serious irregularities...
01:42 PM, Jan 14, 2012
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